Incinerator



Jan. 22, 1929.

L. O. HABER INCINERATOR Filed Dec. 16, 1926 Patented Jan. 22, 1929.

LEE 0. HAIBER, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO BUFFALO CO-OPERATIVE STOVE (70., OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

INCINERATOR.

Application filed December 16, 1926. Serial No. 155,263.

This invention relates to an incinerator for burning household garbage and refuse and more particularly to an incinerator-having a baflie arranged over the burner in the receptacle which receives the material to be burned and a door which controls the inlet or feed opening through which the material is introduced into the receptacle.

In such incinerators as heretofore constructed the operator was liable to leave the baflle in its lowered position over the burner which is objectionable because any garbage or refuse introduced into the receptacle while the baflle was lowered would be deposited to some extent on the top of the bafiie and thus not only escape the burning operation but also foul the incinerator and render the same objectionably odorous.

It is therefore the principal object of this invention to provide means whereby upon opening the feed door a lifting effect will be given the baffle so as to take the same out of the path of the incoming material and when the door is closed the baftlewill be lowered upon the burner preparatory to efiecting incineration of the material, thereby causing the material to be effectively burnedwithout any odors.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a fragmentary vertical section of an incinerator equipped with my invention. Figure 2 is a horizontal'section taken on line 2-2, Figure 1.

Similar characters of reference indicate like parts in both figures of the drawings.

Theenclosing casing, housing or shell of the incinerator which contains the combustion chamber 10 consistsof an upright wall 11 and a top 12 provided with a smoke pipe 13 which conducts the products of combustion to a chimney or elsewhere. Within this casing is a receptacle 14L adapted to receive the material to be burned which receptacle extends upwardly from a grate 9 arranged in the lower part of the casing and terminates short of the top of the casing. This receptacle is provided with a plurality'of perforations 15 and the same is separated from the wall of the casing by an intervening air space 16 extendingfrom the ash pit of the incinerator to the upper part of the combustion space within. the casing.

Arranged centrally within the receptacle and over the grate is a gas burner which may be of any suitable construction but preferably consists of an upright hollow column 17 and a plurality of vertical channels or flutes 18 arranged on the exterior of the column. Abovethe burner is normally arranged a baffle 19 which preferably has the shape of an upward dished disk and overhangs the burner. 7

When the incinerator is in operation the gas flame strikes the underside of the pile of refuse, and also passes upwardly through the channels of the burner into contact with the core of the garbage mass and as the flames lssue from the upper ends ofthe channels the same are deflected over the top of the material, thereby directing the flame against the bulk of the material and ensuring quick drying and burning of the same.

The material to be burned is introduced into the receptacle through a feed opening or inlet 20 in the upper part of the front wall of the casing and directed toward the center of the receptacle by an inclined chute 21 which is arranged at the lower side of the feed opening. The latter is opened and closed by a feed door 22 which is pivoted at its lower end on the chute to turn about a horizontal axis and permit of swinging the feed door outwardly and downwardly into an open position and inwardly and upwardly into a closed position, this movement being effected by grasping the handle 23 on the upper part of the door.

In order to prevent the garbage from being spilled laterally over the side edges of the chute while introducing the same into the receptacle the door is provided on its oppo-,

site upright end edges with upright checks or guards 24 which project inwardly into the feed opening a sufiicient extent to bridge the space between the door and the wall of the casing when the door is open. The opening movement of the dooris limited by stops or lugs 25 arranged at the inner ends. of the cheeks and adapted to engage with the inner side of the adjacent part of the casing wall.

Operating means are provided for raising the bafile away from the burner when the feed door is opened and thus permit of introdncing the garbage freely into the receptacle without depositing any of the same on top of the baffle which otherwise would foul the incinerator due to incomplete burning of the material and ultimately produce noxious odors in the atmosphere externally of the building. The operating means also lowers the baffle onto the burner upon closing the feed door. The ban'ie is therefore automatically moved into and out of its operative position upon closing or opening the door so that it is impossible to accidentally deposit any garbage on top of the baffle and interfere with the proper burning of the garbage, and produce objectionable conditions.

The preferred form of the operating means for this purpose, shown in the drawings, comprises two lifting lugs 26 arranged on the lower parts of the opposing sides of the cheeks on the feed door, and two lifting bars 27 having their intermediate parts arranged over the lifting lugs on the cheeks, respectively, while their outer ends are pivoted by horizontal bolts 28 to the inner sides of said cheeks and their inner ends are pivoted by horizontal pins 29 to pivot lugs 30 projecting upwardly from the baflle. When the door is fully closed the baffle rests on the upper end of the burner and the lifting bars are raised slightly above the lifting lugs on the cheeks, as shown by full lines in Fig. 1, thereby permitting the door to be closed fully and without interference from the battle when the latter rests on the burner before the door is fully closed. After the door has effected the first part of its opening movement the lifting lugs engage the underside of the lifting bars and thereafter the bars and baffle are lifted until the latter is neXt to the top or roof of the casing. As the baflle reaches its highest position the same tilts slightly with refrence to the lifting arms, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, thereby permitting the battle to rise far enough to get out of the path of the incoming stream of garbage and avoid becoming loaded therewith and eliminating the objectionable consequences which otherwise would occur.

I claim as my invention:

1. An incinerator comprising a receptacle adapted to receive the material to be burned and provided with an inlet in its side wall an upright burner arranged within the receptacle, an imperforate baffle movable toward and from the top of said burner, a door for opening and closing said inlet, and means for causing said baiiie to be moved toward said burner upon closing said door and moved away from said burner upon opening said door.

2. An incinerator comprising a receptacle adapted to receive the material to be burned and provided with an inlet in its side wall, an upright burner arranged within the receptacle, an imperforate baffle movable toward and from the top of said burner, a door for opening and closing said inlet pivotally mounted on said wall to swing about a horizontal axis, and means whereby said baflie is raised upon swinging said door outwardly and downwardly and lowered upon swinging said door upwardly and inwardly.

3. An incinerator comprising a receptacle adapted to receive the material to be burned and provided with an inlet in its side wall, an upright burner arranged within the receptacle, a battle movable toward and from the top of said burner, a door for opening and closing said inlet pivotallymounted'on said wall to swing about a horizontal axis, and means whereby said baffle is raised upon swinging said door outwardly and downwardly and lowered upon swinging said door upwardly and inwardly, comprising two cheeks projecting inwardly from opposite edges of the door and each provided with a lifting lug, and two lifting bars each pivoted at its outer end to one of said cheeks and pivoted at its inner end to the baffle and adapted to be engaged on its underside by the liftinglug on the respective cheek.

4. An incinerator comprising a receptacle adapted to receive the material to be burned and provided with an inlet in its side wall, an upright burner arranged within the receptacle, a battle movable toward and from i the top of said burner, a door for openingand closing said inlet pivotally mounted on said wall to swing about a horizontal axis, and means whereby said baffle is raised upon swinging said door outwardly and downwardly and lowered upon swinging said door upwardly and inwardly, comprising two upright cheeks projecting inwardl from opposite edges of the door and having lifting lugs on their opposing sides, and lifting bars adaptedto be engaged ontheir under sides by said lifting lugs and pivoted at their outer ends to said cheeks and at their inner ends'to said battle.

5. An incinerator comprising a receptacle adapted to receive the material to be burned and provided with an inletin its side wall, an upright burner arranged within the receptacle, a battle movable toward and from the top of said burner, a door for opening and means whereby said baflie is raised upon swinging said door outwardly and downwardly and lowered upon swnging said door upwardly and inwardly, comprising two upright cheeks projecting inwardly from opposite edges of the door and having lifting lugs on their opposing sides and lifting bars adapted to be engaged on their under sides by said lifting lugs and pivoted at their outer ends to said cheeks and at their inner ends to said baflle, said cheeks being signature.

LEE 0. HABER. 

